Animal Heart

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Animal Heart
Nina Persson Animal Heart cover.jpg
Studio album by
Nina Persson
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2014
Recorded2013 at Vinegar Hill Sound;
Svenska Grammofonstudion;
Carousel Studios;
Swedish Harlem, NYC and
Valiant Effort Labs
Genre Alternative rock, indie pop
Length41:15
Label Lojinx, The End Records
Producer Nina Persson, Nathan Larson, Eric D. Johnson [1]

Animal Heart is the debut studio album by Nina Persson, singer of The Cardigans, released on February 10, 2014 through Lojinx [2] in Europe and The End Records in North America. [3] [4] A video for the title track of the album was released in November 2013. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [8]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [12]
PopMatters 6/10 [13]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Uncut 7/10 [15]
Under the Radar 7/10 [16]

Critical reception of the album has been generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson, Nathan Larson and Nina Persson; except "Food for the Beast" by Joan Wasser.

No.TitleLength
1."Animal Heart"4:30
2."Burning Bridges for Fuel"4:15
3."Dreaming of Houses"3:27
4."Clip Your Wings"3:58
5."Jungle"3:35
6."Food for the Beast"3:20
7."Digestif"0:42
8."Forgot to Tell You"3:56
9."Catch Me Crying"3:19
10."The Grand Destruction Game"3:55
11."Silver"3:41
12."This Is Heavy Metal"2:38
13."Sometimes" (Japanese bonus track)2:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [17]

Musicians
Technical personnel

Album charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [18] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [19] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 120
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [22] 23

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan [23] January 29, 2014CD, digital download Nippon Columbia
Sweden [24] CD, digital download, LP Universal
Taiwan [25] February 10, 2014CD, digital download Love Da Records
United Kingdom [26] CD, digital download, LP Lojinx
Hong Kong [27] February 11, 2014CD, digital downloadLove Da Records
United States [28] CD, digital download, LP The End Records

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard interview" Andrew Hampp, 'Nina Persson Talks 'Animal Heart' Solo LP, The Cardigans' Future', Billboard, February 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nina Persson – Animal Heart (Lojinx)". 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "MusicOHM" Sam Shepherd, 'Nina Persson – Animal Heart', Musicohm, February 10, 2014
  4. ↑ "Pitchfork Review" Katherine St. Asaph, 'Nina Persson: Animal Heart', Pitchfork, February 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stereogum video announcement" Brie Roche lilliott, 'Nina Persson – "Animal Heart" Video', Stereogum, November 25, 2013
  6. 1 2 "'Animal Heart' Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More – Metacritic". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ Phares, Heather. "'Animal Heart' – Nina Persson : AllMusic". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Ashman, Neil (10 February 2014). "Nina Persson - Animal Heart". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Clayton-Lee, Tony (January 31, 2014). "Nina Persson: Animal Heart – Album Review – Fri, Jan 31, 2014". The Irish Times . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Day, Laurence (4 February 2014). ""Animal Heart"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Pleasant but risk adverse. [Mar 2014, p.88]
  12. ↑ St. Asaph, Katherine (February 13, 2014). "Nina Persson: Animal Heart – Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Paul, John (23 April 2014). "Nina Persson: Animal Heart". PopMatters . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  14. ↑ Here the melodies are a forum for a lovely, charismatic voice and some artful, memorable lyrics. [Mar 2014, p.119]
  15. ↑ Persson shows she is still a dab hand at melodic indie-pop, as she tackles floundering relationships, failing memories and new horizons. [Mar 2014, p.82]
  16. ↑ There is a sameness to the songs, but it doesn't work against the album as much as makes it a cohesive listen. [Feb/Mar 2014, p.75]
  17. ↑ "Nina Persson – Animal Heart: Credits". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Danishcharts.dk – Nina Persson – Animal Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Nina Persson: Animal Heart" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Nina Persson – Animal Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update – 22.02.2014". ChartsPlus. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Animal Heart Nina Persson [CD]". CDJapan. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Bengans Record Store – Nina Persson". Bengans.se. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  25. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Animal Heart by Nina Persson". iTunes . 10 February 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  26. ↑ "lojinx // nina persson / animal heart album". Lojinx . 10 February 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  27. ↑ "NINA PERSSON / ANIMAL HEART – HMV Hong Kong". HMV . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Nina Persson – Animal Heart". The End Records . January 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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